Past Events

The Blythewood town park will break ground July 30th at 10 am. It is to include a concrete skateboard park of 20,000 square feet, an amphitheatre, walking trails, ballfields, and a replica of the old railroad depot and other features.http://www.townofblythewoodsc.gov/

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The Owens Field Skateboard park is nearing completion and the grand opening has been scheduled for March 6. Do not miss this historic event. This is the grand opening for the first custom concrete skateboard park in South Carolina. There will be music, food and of course skateboarding. Get ready to skate your face off! The event will start at 10 am and go through 12pm.

Skate and Create began as a fundraiser for POUR IT NOW and has become a favorite annual event. POUR IT NOW has partnered with the Columbia Museum of Art to present another fresh group of skateboarding inspired artists as well as select works from past Skate and Create fundraisers. The artists will each have a panel with their own personal display.

Come put on a volunteer shirt and help us sell some water at Holypalooza. We’ll be at Finlay park Saturday from 8am to 11pm so if you can then come help us by working a two hour shift or so… Email me if you can help pouritnow@gmail.com

Monday August 31, 2009 at 4:30pm the City of Columbia will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the much anticipated skateboard park at Owens Field (1351 Jim Hamilton Blvd). Thirty year veteran skateboard park designer, Wally Hollyday has worked with the skateboarders of SC to create a design that everyone is anxious to see realized.

Three years of work from countless volunteers and a huge commitment from the City assisted POUR IT NOW in securing the $25,000 Tony Hawk Foundation grant for this skateboard park. The project was championed by former City Council woman, Anne Sinclaire and backed by Mayor Bob and the rest of City Council. The City of Columbia fully embraced the concept of encouraging and harnessing the high level of energy skateboarders possess.

This park will provide a safe haven for Columbia’s youth, enabling them to participate in healthy physical activity in a public place away from traffic.

The August Blythewood POUR IT NOW meeting date has been rescheduled from 9th to August 16 at 2:00 pm. Meetings will continue to be held on the second Sunday of each month at Groucho’s in Blythewood, but the time will stay changed to 2:00 pm. I’m really sorry about the late notice, thanks for your patience.

Go ahead and put it on your calendar, because you do not want to miss the fourth installment
of Skate and Create. The art this year has reached an amazing level of sophistication and beauty. Paintings, sculptures and other beautiful works of art using skateboards as media will be sold in order to raise funds for skateparks in Columbia, SC. As usual this is a free show. Don’t miss opening night where The Columbia Society for Preservation of Soul will be spinning records.

Latest News

http://www.abcnews4.com/story/18122664/proposal-sets-new-rules-for-skateboarders
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Downtown Charleston skateboarders could soon be taking a u-turn. That is if a new proposal by City of Charleston councilman Mike Seekings...

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-city-of-charleston-sc-do-not-ban-skateboarding
Please help us stop the proposed ban on skateboarding in downtown Charleston. Sign the petition in the above link. Below are links to several articles about the issue:
Charleston...

by Mark Davenport, WCSC
http://www.live5news.com/story/17379334/downtown-charleston-skate-part-slowly-grinding-ahead
A skate park in downtown Charleston is slowly grinding ahead with plans to build. Skaters are one meeting away from finding out whether...